Even with all the economic woes being faced in Portugal, there is a non-financial story that has pushed its way to the fore and become the big talking point for the population.
It centers around Portugal’s Olympic committee which has banned a female windsurfer for life. Her ‘crime’? Concealing the fact that she was pregnant, so that she was able to travel with the team to the London Olympics and be with her husband.
Features
editorial columns by feature writers
Extremes In Medicine
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Medicine, or let’s say the functioning and malfunctioning of human bodies and minds still remains fascinating for me. There is more to it than cholesterol, blood pressure, PSA and mammography; it’s like an old chest in the attic.
Blacklists & Consumer Protection, Spain
by Maria Teresa Velasco •
The current economic climate has led to an increase in people and companies getting into debt all over Europe. This has in turn fostered the emergence of “credit blacklists”, where people and companies that have defaulted on payments are recorded.
CAS: Return of the Caterpillars
by CAS •
A monthly news letter from the Costa Animal Society dealing with the poisonous caterpillars, Freda and help needed.
Bomb Scare
by David Darby •
Police in Cyprus had a bit of a scare recently, when a man wandered into a police station carrying a package, which he felt was rather suspicious. When the officer on duty had a look, he immediately agreed the the man, as it was a bomb
Tied Up Tight
by David Darby •
Many of us will have suffered long airplane journeys next to or near an obnoxious passenger. But passengers on a recent flight from Iceland to New York, decided they had had enough of the violent, spitting and very loud drunk on their flight. So, they tied him up for the remainder of the flight!
New Fiscal Fraud Laws
by Maria Teresa Velasco •
On October 29th 2012, the Spanish parliament approved Law 7/2012 with the object of fighting fiscal crime. It is a mixture of new and the modification of the previous law. It is hoped that it will curb several categories of fiscal crimes.
A Difficult New Year
by Marianne Lindahl •
We are looking forward to a new year facing economic difficulties, especially in Europe. Even the Nordic countries, which so far have done quite well in this climate of global economic downturn, are heading towards difficult times.
Getting High & Preventing Flu
by Axel E. Thieke G.P. •
There are preventative treatments for mountain sickness, but they may have some serious side effects and therefore alternatives have been sought.
Researchers randomized 90 healthy non-acclimated adults to receive 600mg of oral Ibuprofen or placebo every 6 hours, beginning 6 hours before rapidly ascending from an altitude of 1.000 to 4.000 meters. It was measured how often symptoms of acute mountain sickness such as headaches, dizziness, disorientation occurred and how severe they were.
Cristalería Joaquín Contreras
by Martin Myall •
Glass curtains and frameless glazing at Cristaleria Joaquin Contreras in Almuñécar